Although a dedicated image building server requires an additional server on your Novell® Linux Point of Service network, it provides several advantages, particularly for large systems that manage a large number of Point of Service images. Providing a dedicated image building server offloads the processor and memory load required to generate images from the Administration Server and it protects the Administration Server and LDAP directory from any possible corruption or user errors that might occur while building Point of Service images.
This section reviews the procedures required to set up a dedicated image building server: